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| − | Born in [[ | + | Born in [[place of Birth::Exeter]], son of [[family::Lawrence Barkham]] of [[location::St Leonard’s, Devon]]. BA [[education::Corpus Christi College, Oxford]] 1591, MA 1594, [[occupation::fellow]] 1596, BD 1603, DD 1615. [[occupation::Chaplain]] to [[associates::Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury]]; [[occupation::rector]] of [[location::Finchley, Middlesex]] 1608-15, [[occupation::prebendary of St Paul’s]] 1610, [[occupation::rector]] of [[location::Packlesham]] and of [[location::Lackington, Essex]] 1615, [[occupation::rector]] of [[location::Bocking]] 1616. He contributed towards [[associates::John Speed]]’s [[title::''History of Great Britaine'']] ([[date of Publication::1611]]) and to [[associates::John Guillim]]’s ''[[title::Display of heraldrie]]'' ([[date of Publication::1610]]) and [[Editor::edited]], posthumously, [[associates::Richard Crakanthorp]]’s [[title::''Defensio ecclesiae Anglicanae'']] ([[date of Publication::1625]]); he was noted as a scholar, a linguist, and an antiquary. |
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| − | Barkham gave [[ | + | Barkham gave [[bequest::60 printed books]] and [[bequest::1 ms]] to [[Beneficiary::the Bodleian Library]] in [[date of Bequest::1602]]; he also gave [[bequest::books]] to [[beneficiary::Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi]]. His will makes no mention of books, but notes that much of his estate had already been settled on his [[beneficiary::son]] [[family::George Barkham|George]] by a separate deed of gift. He had a collection of [[bequest::coins]], including ancient Greek and modern ones, which he disposed of between [[beneficiary::Archbishop Laud]] (who gave them to [[beneficiary::the Bodleian Library|the Bodleian]]), and [[beneficiary::Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi]]. Examples: [[present repository::Bodleian Library|Bodleian]] 4to.C.95.Art, 8vo.G.8.Th, Auct.I.Q.6.13; [[present repository::Corpus Christi, Oxford]] Φ.B.6.1. |
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| − | ''Dictionary of National Biography''; W. D. Macray, ''Annals of the Bodleian Library''. | + | Henderson, T. F., and D. R. Woolf. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/1421 "Barkham, John (1571/2–1642), antiquary and historian."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''; W. D. Macray, ''Annals of the Bodleian Library''. 2nd edn, Oxford, 1890. S. Jayne, ''Library catalogues of the English renaissance''. Godalming, 1983, 136. |
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Revision as of 03:18, 21 October 2019
John BARKHAM/BARCHAM 1571/72-1642
Biographical Note
Born in Exeter, son of Lawrence Barkham of St Leonard’s, Devon. BA Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1591, MA 1594, fellow 1596, BD 1603, DD 1615. Chaplain to Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury; rector of Finchley, Middlesex 1608-15, prebendary of St Paul’s 1610, rector of Packlesham and of Lackington, Essex 1615, rector of Bocking 1616. He contributed towards John Speed’s History of Great Britaine (1611) and to John Guillim’s Display of heraldrie (1610) and edited, posthumously, Richard Crakanthorp’s Defensio ecclesiae Anglicanae (1625); he was noted as a scholar, a linguist, and an antiquary.
Books
Barkham gave 60 printed books and 1 ms to the Bodleian Library in 1602; he also gave books to Corpus Christi. His will makes no mention of books, but notes that much of his estate had already been settled on his son George by a separate deed of gift. He had a collection of coins, including ancient Greek and modern ones, which he disposed of between Archbishop Laud (who gave them to the Bodleian), and Corpus Christi. Examples: Bodleian 4to.C.95.Art, 8vo.G.8.Th, Auct.I.Q.6.13; Corpus Christi, Oxford Φ.B.6.1.
Characteristic markings
Sources
Henderson, T. F., and D. R. Woolf. "Barkham, John (1571/2–1642), antiquary and historian." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; W. D. Macray, Annals of the Bodleian Library. 2nd edn, Oxford, 1890. S. Jayne, Library catalogues of the English renaissance. Godalming, 1983, 136.